Music
Batiste Brothers Band
The Batiste Brothers Band is a funk and blues family band that formed in Metairie in 1974.
blues
blues Index
Folklife
Blues Music
Of the 119 musicians inducted into the national Blues Hall of Fame, roughly twenty percent are from Louisiana.
Business & Industry
J. D. Miller’s Recording Studios
J. D. Miller’s recording studios in Crowley are best known for recording South Louisiana musical genres but the studio leaves a mixed legacy, having produced a series of racist songs in the 1960s.
History
St. Paul’s Bottoms
St. Paul’s Bottoms, a red-light district in Shreveport, was an experiment in controlled vice.
History
William Christopher “W. C.” O’Hare
Known as the “Father of Ragtime in Shreveport,” William Christopher “W. C.” O’Hare was a white composer, orchestra leader, and music teacher who served as an important link between Black and white musical cultures.
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